Parents Opt for English
Meet the local Cantonese-speaking parents who will only speak to their children. They say they want their kids to have a head-start. But experts tell Varsity kids have more to gain from a multilingual...
View ArticleDefending Cantonese
Hong Kongers take inspiration from pro-Cantonese movement in Guangdong and stand up to defend their mother tongue from encroachment from Putonghua.
View ArticleCecilie Gamst Berg’s Canto Crush
She's just crazy --- about Cantonese that is. Meet Cecile Gamst Berg, the Norwegian who has made it a life mission to make Cantonese a world language, starting with her unconventional language classes...
View ArticleIt Takes Two to Lingo
Varsity checks out a free mobile app that puts the fun back into learning a foreign language.
View ArticleThe Perfect Mix
Some Hong Kong parents pay high school fees to let their children have an international education in the city's international schools but at one government-aided primary school in Mid-levels, local and...
View ArticlePMI: A Better Choice For Chinese Teachers?
As more and more schools choose to teach Chinese in Putonghua, many local teachers and teachers-to-be fear they will be passed over for teachers who speak Putonghua as their mother tongue. There are...
View ArticleDo you speak Kongish ar?
People in Hong Kong use "Kongish," a new kind of Hong Kong-style English, and there's even a Facebook page celebrating this unique way of communicating. Some say that it's not just a kind of short...
View ArticleA Proverb Speaks A Thousand Words
The Cantonese language has many evocative folk sayings and proverbs where a few Chinese words can convey a long message in a vivid and concise way. As the social context in which these saying arose...
View ArticleMind your language!
In 1997, the government announced a dramatic shift in education policy, replacing English with Chinese as the medium of instruction in Hong Kong schools. Not long afterwards it said it was making the...
View ArticleA Cantonese Fan from London
Polyglot Grace Njoku learns Cantonese by herself and shares her learning experience on YouTube. The post A Cantonese Fan from London appeared first on Varsity.
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